Saturn's icy moon Enceladus squirts water from 'tiger stripes'
Friday, August 2, 2013 - 01:30
in Astronomy & Space
Enceladus, the icy moon that circles Saturn and shoots out jets of water, emits a much larger amount of water at the farthest point in its orbit, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. The discovery backs up a years-old theory and provides the researchers with fresh insight into this geophysically intriguing body.